Analysts Set Expectations for Imperial Oil FY2025 Earnings

Imperial Oil Limited (TSE:IMO) (NYSEMKT:IMO) – Equities researchers at Zacks Research upped their FY2025 EPS estimates for Imperial Oil in a research note issued to investors on Tuesday, October 28th. Zacks Research analyst Team now forecasts that the company will earn $7.51 per share for the year, up from their prior estimate of $7.50. The consensus estimate for Imperial Oil’s current full-year earnings is $8.62 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Imperial Oil’s Q4 2025 earnings at $1.44 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $2.11 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.24 EPS and Q3 2027 earnings at $2.10 EPS.

IMO has been the topic of several other research reports. Scotiabank increased their price target on shares of Imperial Oil from C$100.00 to C$110.00 in a research note on Friday, July 11th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price target on Imperial Oil from C$101.00 to C$110.00 in a research note on Thursday, October 23rd. Tudor Pickering lowered Imperial Oil from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, July 25th. Cibc World Mkts cut Imperial Oil from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 14th. Finally, Wolfe Research lowered shares of Imperial Oil from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a Hold rating and five have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Imperial Oil currently has a consensus rating of “Reduce” and an average price target of C$107.13.

Imperial Oil Stock Up 1.1%

IMO opened at C$128.83 on Wednesday. The company has a market capitalization of C$65.58 billion, a PE ratio of 14.20, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.21 and a beta of 1.14. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 18.04, a current ratio of 1.44 and a quick ratio of 0.98. Imperial Oil has a fifty-two week low of C$82.98 and a fifty-two week high of C$132.08. The business has a 50-day moving average of C$124.86 and a 200-day moving average of C$112.23.

Imperial Oil Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, October 1st. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, October 1st were given a $0.74 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, September 4th. This represents a $2.96 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.3%. This is a positive change from Imperial Oil’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.72. Imperial Oil’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 29.11%.

About Imperial Oil

Imperial Oil is one of Canada’s largest integrated oil companies, focusing on upstream operations, petroleum refining operations, and the marketing of petroleum products. Production averaged 398 thousand barrels of oil equivalent per day in 2020. The company estimates that it holds 5.2 billion boe of proved and probable crude oil and natural gas reserves.